Brass needle, with the eye broken, from below the cliff at Tantallon Castle, East Lothian

Pin (Nål), needle or rivet of bronze, Bronze Age, from Denmark

Needle of bronze, Iron Age, from Denmark

Needle (Nål) of bronze, with twisted shaft, loop at head and forked tip, Bronze Age, from Denmark

Needle (Nål) of bronze, Bronze Age, from Denmark

Needle (Nål) of bronze, Bronze Age, from Denmark

Needle of bone, from Knowe of Rowiegar chambered cairn, Rousay, Orkney

Bone needle, from Everley Broch, Caithness

Bone needle with round eye, from Hillhead, Caithness

Bone needle from Rosemarkie Cave, Ross and Cromarty

Needle, from Rosemarkie, Ross and Cromarty

Bone needle from Rosemarkie Cave, Ross and Cromarty

Bone needle from a souterrain at Galson, Lewis

Needle, from Aalzum, Friesland, Netherlands

Needle, from Aalzum, Friesland, Netherlands

Viking bone needle-case from Carn nan Bharraich, Oronsay, Argyll, 850 - 900 AD